CALVES

91 calves and weaned stirks forward today saw no let up in trade anywhere to be seen.
Rearing calves sold to £800 for a British Blue bull from G&ME Woodhouse, Ellel with Aberdeen Angus cross sell to £780 from IT Richarson, Catforth, others from this run sold to £760. Hereford bulls sold to £740 from TE&MM Kidd, Ellel with younger British Blues to £700 from JP&C Robson, Brock. Black and Whites sold to £485 from JR Newsham, Conder Green.
Heifer calves sold to £680 for Aberdeen Angus cross from IT Richardson, Catforth with other Aberdeen Angus from this good home along with Herefords from TE&MM Kidd, Ellel achieving £670. Younger sorts sold to £560 for British Blues from JP&C Robson, Brock with Charolais to £550 from Wallbank Farms, Over Wyresdale.
Weaned stirks sold to £900 for a pair of British Blue bulls from TD&A Gardner, Great Eccleston with Aberdeen Angus to £800 from Raby Farm, Preesall. Weaned heifers sold to £780 for Aberdeen Angus cross again from Raby Farms, with three to five month old British Blues heifers to £750 from Messrs Threlkeld, Milnthorpe.

STORE CATTLE – TO £2880

Just when you think the store cattle trade couldn’t get any better, today we’ve seen exactly that! Out of a catalogued entry of 213 stores, over 60% passed the £2000 mark, with new highs of £2880 achieved.

Bullocks averaged £2106
Heifers averaged £2004

Leading consignments:
R&DM Rossall - 3x £2686
H Chapman – 4x £2440
SH&LE Birkett – 5x £2352
R&K Jenkinson – 4x £2330
TR Prickett – 4x £2300

Bullocks were quite phenomenal today with a top price of £2880 paid for an Aberdeen Angus cross from R&DM Rossall, Pilling who also sold British Blues to £2680. EE Thornton & Son, Heaton sold a Charolais to £2580, whist Limousin sold to £2500 from H Chapman & Son, Middleton. A further eighteen bullocks sold over £2400. Black and White bullocks sold to £2180 for a trio from EE Thornton, Heaton with MRI’s to £2020 from Barlow Bros, Preston.
Heifers were not far behind selling to £2500 for a British Blue from R&DM Rossall, Pilling with not one but four very nice Limousins from TR Prickett, Hutton Roof selling to £2300. Charolais sold to £2220 from WA Hodgson, Whinfell with Aberdeen Angus cross selling to the same price on six occasions for T&E Garlick, Freckleton. A further thirty eight heifers broke the £2000 barrier, with trade quite scintillating.

OTM / CAST CATTLE

The weekly sale of OTM cattle saw a few less about then previous weeks, with a pleasing average of 263p/kg. Cattle broke the £3000 barrier with PJ&ES Rogerson, Appleby selling an OTM bull at £3199.25 or 329.5p/kg.
Cast cows saw a top price per head of £2615.75 from WG Farms, Cockerham for an Aberdeen Angus cross, with other beef OTM cows from BD&PM Gill & Son, Ingleton at 364.5p/kg or £2303 for a Bazadaise. Plenty more OTM beef cattle were over the 300p/kg mark.
Dairy bred OTM cows topped out at £2068 or 264.5p/kg from J Huddleston, Brookhouse with other Friesian bred OTM’s at 259.5p/kg from Barker Farms, Warton. Any number of OTM Friesian cows were around the 240p/kg to 250p/kg mark.
OTM heifers saw an average of 300p/kg, topping at 349.5p/kg or £1999 from TJ Robinson, Milnthorpe for an Aberdeen Angus. Frisian heifers topped at £2135 or 309p/kg from Pickervance Farms, Roseacre with others £1872 or 309p/kg from AT Burrow, Gressingham.
No let up in the trade for OTM steers, with an average of 290p/kg achieved. Topping at £2304 or 334.5p/kg for a Friesian from AT Burrow, Gressingham who also had a Limousin cast steer to 364.5p/kg or £2077. Other beef bred OTM steers achieved 354.5p/kg from TJ Robinson, Milnthorpe for an Aberdeen Angus.
Many more cattle can be handled on a Friday morning, with buyers eager to fill order books, please contact one of our auctioneers or fields men for marketing advice.